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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
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Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography in Reflections on Photography as mentioned in this paper, examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death.Abstract:
Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.read more
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A visual history of St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
TL;DR: A Visual History of St. Mary's Church, Ballinrobe Co. Mayo as discussed by the authors explores the history of this previously under-researched ecclesiastical site in the west of Ireland.
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Imaging process as ethnographic inquiry
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The daguerreotype’s first frame: François Arago’s moral economy of instruments
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Nature, wilderness and ecological awareness: Exploration, experience and the creation of audio-visual artworks of a mountain
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